Midwifery

Natural radioactivity: Radioactive decay. Law of radioactive decay. Alpha, beta, and gamma decay. Risk from environmental exposure to Radon. Definition of ionizing radiation. Artificial sources: X-rays, radioisotopes for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Medical use of ionizing radiation. Applications in radiodiagnostics: Traditional radiodiagnostics and CT scans. Applications in radiotherapy: External beam radiotherapy, brachytherapy. Applications in nuclear medicine: Use of radioisotopes for imaging with SPECT and PET, metabolic radiotherapy. Non-ionizing radiation (NIR). Physical aspects of NIR. Applications in the medical field (ultrasound and MRI). Basics of radiobiology, deterministic and stochastic effects. Principles of justification and optimization in the use of ionizing radiation. Elements of dosimetry. Definition of dosimetric quantities: absorbed dose, dose equivalent, effective dose. Radiation protection. Dose limits for workers and the population. Regulatory framework. Obligations of the employer and the worker regarding radiation protection. Devices for protection from ionizing radiation.

Elementary criteria of phisics

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